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There are exciting openings this week along with a wrap-up of April's openings and closings.

Where to party on derby day

Horse Thief BBQ, DTLA Cheese, and other vendors are leaving as big new names like Ghost Sando Shop step into the 106-year-old market

An article about the new Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville opening today, January 27th, in Chicago.

The Los Angeles-based restaurateurs will offer cocktails and snacks in a casual setting

Austin 360 Simi Estiatorio, the seafood-centric Greek restaurant long planned to open in the Littlefield Building downtown, will officially open on May 7. The restaurant from George Theodosiou, a 25-year service industry veteran with experience in both Greece and New York City, and executive chef Diego Sanchez will feature grilled octopus, skewered scallops, grilled sardines, marinated swordfish, seafood orzo, lamb chops and more at 601 Congress Ave. for dinner daily. Customers can also orde...

Stan Lee There’s a new rooftop bar by some familiar LA names opening in Culver City’s Citizen Public Market this week. Bar Bohémien opens Wednesday right above the market’s hotspots Jolly Oyster, Mexicology, and Nancy Silverton’s Pizzette. The adaptive reuse project opened in November, and Bar Bohémien’s space leaned into reinventing the historic 1929 space. The indoor sports an open, vaulted high-ceiling retro vibe with 1920s brickwork, arched window, and leather bar seats. Speakin...

Wife and the Somm The husband-and-wife team behind catering operation Home Somm have opened a Glassell Park wine bar and restaurant christened Wife and the Somm. Chris Lucchese and Christy Lindgren Lucchese see Wife as the next evolution of their wine-forward Home Somm and offer wine for retail sale and by the glass, in addition to a monthly or quarterly wine club. Their wines are sourced from around the world and often showcase small and family run wineries with low intervention. The food will...

Extra-large Austin pizza restaurant from owner of popular biscuit shop on the rise Extra-large Austin pizza joint from popular biscuit shop on the rise Photo by Chelsea Francis Photo by Chelsea Francis If you ever find yourself struggling to decide between New York-, Neapolitan-, or square-style pizza, then we have the restaurant for you. Love Supreme Pizza Bar, a new concept specializing in, well, pizza, is rising on Manor Road this spring.  The concept is slated for an April opening, and w...

Where to Dine Outdoors in Los Angeles Right Now Thrillist 3/19/2021 © Photo Courtesy of Eataly It might not feel like it, but we have made meaningful progress in this pandemic. Thanks to a vast reduction in COVID numbers and expanded availability and distribution of vaccines, the city of Los Angeles—which just a few months ago represented the epicenter of a devastating COVID surge—has been able to gradually reopen (with accommodations, of course), including the permittance of limited c...